How To Record Mbira

HOW TO RECORD MBIRA Welcome to Milestone Mic Methods, a tutorial series brought to you by Music in Africa Live. 0:00 Introduction 0:36 Describing the mbira, also known as kalimba, likembe or thumb-piano 1:19 What type of microphone to use in a live show — for example, the Beyerdynamic M201NC 2:04 Using a contact microphone like the Schertler DYN 2:40 What type of microphone to use in a recording studio — Neumann KM84 3:21 Rattles on the mbira 3:51 Isolating the mbira when recording it 4:21 Conclusion Presenter — Thabo Mobo Featured musician — Sky Dladla Content creation — Murray Anderson Sound Engineer — Jethro Harris Audio Post Engineer — Tanner Michell Recording — Milestone Studios, Cape Town Project management — Claire Anderson HR support — Swannita Denya Videographer — Max Bosanquet Lighting and second camera — Matt Samson Post production — Cape Photography Incidental music — https://murrayanderson.bandcamp.com/a... https://www.milestones.co.za This series is being made to help musicians and engineers who have to learn new skills in the time of Covid-19 and beyond. Please take care when working with groups of people.